What Comes After the Rain [C]

Poppyshine

Things have been hard in RiverClan. That much was obvious to anyone. Poppyshine was worried about all of her clanmates, but right now, her focus was on Hickorypaw. He’d just lost his brother Rainpaw not that long ago, and all of the trouble going on in the territory made it difficult to take the time to grieve and process. She wished that she could make everything better, but Poppyshine knew that she couldn’t cast any magic spell to make it so. All she could do was reassure Hickorypaw that she was there for him—which is what she was doing now.

She took Hickorypaw out with her into the territory. They had no particular destination in mind, and she ended up choosing close to the Sunningrocks. They had walked silently but now, Poppyshine settled down and looked to him. “How are you feeling, Hickorypaw?” Poppyshine asked as she gestured for him to sit with her. “I know things have been hard lately…I want to know how you’re holding up.”